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FAC Supports California Senate Bill 98 Strengthening Press Protections at Protests
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February 8, 2021
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Does CA have a public records ombudsman?
[…] lawsuit to enforce your rights under the PRA, the agency would be required to pay your attorney’s fees should you prevail. Gov't Code § 6259. Hopefully a follow-up letter to the agency will do the trick here, and spur the DMV to respond to your request. I wish you the best of luck in your […]February 21, 2015
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FAC Seeks Nominations for 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award
[…] Annual Winter Meeting of the California Press Foundation, Dec. 6, in San Francisco. Please send nominations, supported by links to online documents or written materials such as letters and newspaper clippings to explain the nature of the performance, service or activity to be saluted, its context and its consequences. Self-nominations are encouraged. (Don’t be […]August 15, 2018
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Vote YES on Prop 42 if you value open-government. Vote no if you prefer secrecy.
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City avoiding disclosure of personal email
[…] to which you might respond with the arguments above in favor of disclosure. You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Finally, as a former reporter, the fact that council members are using personal emails for official communications may […]January 13, 2012
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Should school superintendent’s goals be made in closed session?
[…] Eskaton Monterey Hospital v. Myers, 134 Cal. App. 3d 788, 794 (1982); see also Braun v. City of Taft, 154 Cal. App. 3d 332, 340 (1984) ( letters contained in personnel filing appointing and then rescinding appointment of public employee were public records required to be disclosed under Public Records Act since they contained […]April 13, 2012
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Now Hiring: FAC Senior Staff Attorney / Legal Director
[…] Act, the federal Freedom of Information Act and the First Amendment; Conducting and/or managing fact investigations; Drafting and/or supervising the drafting of pleadings, amicus briefs and advocacy letters; Litigating in state and federal court, including managing and meeting deadlines; propounding discovery; communicating with opposing counsel; etc; Identifying, recruiting and managing outside counsel; Managing FAC’s […]October 14, 2021
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When mayors evade disclosure rules by using personal email accounts for city business, it is democracy that suffers. We’ll know soon if the courts, like the public, have lost patience.
[…] public record depends on its content only, and that the city possessed the records through the mayor as the city's agent. The Superior Court decision is clearly correct. The mayor's possession of the contested emails is imputed to the city and establishes legal possession by the city in the same way that the city […]February 6, 2014
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Strategic question regarding a large PRA request
[…] your request so you get what you are looking for. You can find more information about how to submit a Public Records Act request, including a sample letter, here. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we […]September 6, 2016
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City’s stonewalling newspapers
[…] us to the city asked for "all audits performed by Municipal Auditing Services in calendar years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007". The city attorney sent a letter stating they will not give us the information, citing Section 6245(i) -- basically, they are concerned about protecting the city's businesses from "unfair competitive disadvantage" by […]June 14, 2009